A poet at heart, who constantly invoked Rilke's Duino Elegies and sought confirmation of his ideas and thoughts in the lines of the German poet, Nirmal approached retirement from service, feeling like his life was poorly spent because he had never lived up to his revolutionary ideals. ... But their revolt was quelled by the Left Front government which has always championed the c...
One cannot understand the problematics of gender violence solely by referring to the relationship of power or authority between man and women. Rather one needs to consider the problem by relating it to the specific social formation. In this context, the role played by the state, both its coercive and ideological apparatus, is thus to be considered as well. In order to clarify our perspective on the problem, it is also important to note that violence against women is to be considered as being essentially related to the more general problems of women's oppression. So instead of conceptually...
